Anthurium argyrostachyum Sodiro

Location

Location Remarks

Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes to 6 cm long, 1.5-1.8 cm diam., light gray-brown, weakly transverse-fissured; cataphylls deciduous; petioles subterete, medium to dark green, matte, narrowly and obtusely sulcate; blades thin, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib acute and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, spreading; spadix dark bluish green, glaucous.